“Dangerous Deception” Tales of The Fixer
will be featured as part of this year’s
HorrorFind Weekend Film Festival.
Show Time- 10:00 pm Friday August 31

Baltimore actor George Stover kindly provided this candid shot of himself, Tracie Savage (Friday the 13th III) and Ron Millkie (Friday the 13th) on the set of THE BONE GARDEN. Stover plays Officer Ned Taylor.

Director Mike Gutridge  (seen above with actor Paul Kratka) has gotten some great talent – both in front of and behind the camera – together for his latest motion picture. Posted here courtesy of Mr. Gutridge are some behind the scenes photos from the production. Below is the blurb he sent me about the movie. I really urge everyone to check out the fantastic facebook page he has set up. I believe the shooting locations include areas around Baltimore, as well as a lake in Pennsylvania. Check out the cast! Three veterans from the Friday the 13th series, PLUS local celebs George Stover and April “Chainsaw Sally” Monique Burril! I am really looking forward to seeing the final product once completed!

The Bone Garden is a Hitchcockian thriller about how no one is ever what they seem and EVERYONE has something to hide.
“Alice Hardy” (Tracie Savage) suspects her husband “norman” (Paul Kratka), a college history professor of cheating on her. but, there have been a rash of missing persons around campus lately and she also wonders is norman is guilty of murder, too!!
The Bone Garden stars several Friday the 13th vets including Tracie Savage and Paul Kratka (part 3) and Ron Millkie (part one).

Here is the website LINK and the facebook LINK. CHECK IT OUT!

We go into August and I don’t have a whole lot for an update. Seems the Smash or Trash headquarters had to be fumigated for bedbugs (no joke) so I have been spending my spare time basically boxing and bagging everything so Terminex can do their magic. Oof.

On the brighter side of things, our good friend actress Leanna Chamish has updated her demo reel with some of her recent commercial and movie roles. I urge everyone to check it out  at this LINK.  Her agency rep’s number is listed if you would like to hire this talented actress.

Smash or Trashers Leanna Chamish and Mitch Klein appear on an internationally distributed chess book by author David Rudel. I thought that was pretty awesome that they got that gig. You can learn more about the book HERE.

As far as anything else? Well, once the place gets back in order it will be back to more updates and reviews – plus editing on CRAWLER. So until then, stay tuned…

A big happy birthday to Jon Cross and the After Movie Diner! The podcast is one years old and it has been a great ride so far! The Diner has become a very good friend to us here at Smash or Trash (check out all the coverage on Don Dohler!) and we hope Jon and the podcast go strong for many, many more episodes.

To celebrate the year of podcast goodness, Jon has gotten together a terrific show that centers around one of the most successful independent films of all time – EVIL DEAD. Give a listen to it and enjoy the special, special guest interviews he has. It is Tom Sullivan, Hal Delrich AND all three of the EVIL DEAD women! Wow! The link is HERE.

UPDATE: It’s email week at the AMD – let’s hear what Jon Cross at the AMD has to say about it:

“Let’s make this E-MAIL week in the Diner!

HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD! Let us know how you came across the show, if you’re a new listener or old, what your favourite shows are, if you have any criticism and any films you want to see covered that we haven’t done yet! 
GO ON send the show an e-mail to aftermoviediner@gmail.com, there maybe something in it for you if you write the best letter ;)”

Awesome podcast that loves Maryland filmmakers. Also love all things Bruce Campbell, Don Dohler, Leanna Chamish, Joe Ripple, Dick Dyszel and George Stover. Tend to love horror, crime, action and superhero movies too. CHECK IT OUT.

A big congrats to Phillip Cook (Eagle Films) and the cast and crew of MALICE.  They recently made their goal of kickstarter by raising over 10,000 dollars to put towards the 2nd season of the show! A fun, spooky series with eye-popping effects and incredible acting!

Independent filmmaker/animator Gints Zilbalodis has done an incredible 2D animated short called AQUA. It is about a kitten that wakes up in a tree, only to find it completely surrounded by the ocean. How will it get out of this terrifying situation? I urge you to check it out over at VIMEO. This talented individual is also trying to raise funds and support for the next project CLARITY – which is about a monster that disturbs the peace of a quiet forest. I urge everyone to contact this filmmaker through VIMEO and see how you can help them out. True talent needs to be recognized!

 Torasu Productions’ J. Michael Whalen (director of CONQUERING THE ROSE) has been busy on a movie called MERRY F#@KIN’ CHRISTMAS. This film is a anthology and Whalen is directing the segment titled THE CRANN DOLL. It stars John C. Bailey (Gardon of Hedon) and I’ll have more updates… soon.

The ever prolific indie filmmaker Joe Sherlock has been flippin’ busy people! Movies, movies, and more movies! Want news on SCENT OF A SASQUATCH and TWISTED TALES? Here’s the LINK. How about TRULY DREADFUL TALES? Check out the info HERE! Joe’s got another anthology film called ABERRATIONS – the trailer is HERE! Hey, remember those shot on VHS horror movies from the 1980s? Well Joe Sherlock is doing a homage to them with a film called BLOODY RED LIPS OF BLOOD. The first photos can be found HERE.

Some really cool news is that Sherlock and company are starting in on the post production to the slasher BLOODCREEK WOODSMAN. I can’t wait to check it out! Here is an UPDATE!

Smash or Trash would like to wish Baltimore actor Greg Dohler a very happy birthday. Greg is the son of cult film director Don Dohler, and her appeared in such films as Alien Factor, Fiend, Nightbeast, Galaxy Invader, Blood Massacre, and Blood, Boobs, and Beasts. Happy birthday and may you have many more sir!

Lee Doll Film Productions’ DANGEROUS DECEPTION (starring Alfred Guy and Paul R. Sieber) gets a Smash or Trash review. You can read about it HERE.  There will also be a giveaway of a DVD and poster from this movie on the site here very soon!

Recent birthdays! We had some late June birthdays and some upcoming July birthdays that deserve a shout out!

 Filmmaker Mitch Klein (Left-June 30th) and actor George Stover (right July 3rd) also have celebrated recent birthdays. Both are super guys and great supporters of Smash or Trash. We wish them the happiest of birthdays!

Special thanks to Leanna Chamish for providing these photos (above). These were taken on location of Wayne Shipley’s new western DAY OF THE GUN.  Some familiar faces could be seen in the crowd and this particular day of shooting revolved around and old-time baseball game. I’m looking forward to more updates about this!

CRAWLER UPDATE: The final timeline is in place and editing is in the works. What does this mean? This means while Mitch Klein concentrates on the visual effects, I have taken it upon myself to work on the credits, the editing, the audio, sound effects, and laying in the soundtrack by Justin Timpane. I showed a very, very rough cut of it to Mitch. We had a good laugh at my animatics (scenes in place for the real visual effects) but I got favorable feedback. Because of this I am tightening up everything. Progress folks – progress!

 The Smash or Trash store now has a TON of new items available!  The only place to get your official Don Dohler and George Stover items. Even better, part of the proceeds go to charity!!! The link to these great grabs is right HERE.

As of this evening, the horror web series MALICE only has 19 more days to reach their Kickstarter goal. YOU can help. Whether it is a dollar to 1000 dollars, you can become a backer to this incredible show. Click on this LINK, check out the show and the cool perks you can get. Then get off your fanny and back them. Remember – support independent productions!

So there is this cool, creepy web series  called MALICE. Now this is an on going program about a family that moves into a haunted house.  As the description says, it is like JUNO meets THE SHINING. They’ve posted six episodes (all professionally done by creator Phil Cook) but they need YOUR help to finish out the other six episodes for the season. Plus, as an on-going webseries -hey – they want to do MORE seasons!!!

The creator Philip Cook has been a staple in the science fiction realm since the 1980s. His movies include, Outerworld, Invader, and Despiser. He brings to the table his considerable talents and has brought on board Brittany Matrz, Rebekkah Johnson, Leanna Chamish, Matthew Gulbranson, and Mark Hyde to the talented cast of this sinister tale.

 The series has started a kickstarter account and have raise $1,500 of their $8000 goal. This is were YOU come in! Check out the Kickstarter page (it has the episodes linked there), see the cool perks you can get in on, and become a backer. Whether you pledge $1 or up to $1000, you – the viewer – are helping to keep a kick ass horror fantasy series alive! Not to mention the more you pledge the cooler the stuff you get – know what I’m saying folks?

For less than one of your Starbucks coffees you can help keep this creativity rolling. Click on the link and support independent productions – we have less than 30 days to reach the goal!

Jon Cross and his incredible podcast talk about the early Timewarp Films HARVESTERS and STAKES, and features the talented Leanna Chamish discussing the various filmmakers she has worked with. Completely awesome and a fantastic listen! Listen to it HERE.